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§§§*~..... .....~*§§§
#@@§§**~~. THE HONEY IS A CONDENSATION OF A THICK .~~**§§@@#
#§§*~..... LIQUID, INHERENT TO ALL MAZES. .....~*§§#
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##@§§**~~. ######################################## .~~**§§@##
#@§***~~~. ........................................ .~~~***§@#
@§§**~~... ...~~**§§@
§***~~.... MAINLY COLLECTED BY THE LIZARDFOLK OF ....~~***§
##@§§**~~. THE KIRUGU VARGIR DESERT, IN THE .~~**§§@##
###@§§**~. UNDERLYING TUNNELS. IT'S USE AND .~**§§@###
##@§§**~~. POSSESSION IS ILLEGAL WITHIN THE CITY. .~~**§§@##
@§§*~~.... ....~~*§§@
###@§**~~. .~~**§@###
§§*~~~~... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...~~~~*§§
##@§§**~~. ~ PROPERTIES ~ .~~**§§@##
§*~~~~.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ....~~~~*§
##@§§**~~. .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. THE HONEY IS A REDDISH AMBER, VERY .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. VISCOUS (BUT STILL POURABLE). IT SMELLS .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. SLIGHTLY OF EUCALYPTUS, AND HAS A .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. MOSTLY BITTER TASTE. .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. .~~**§§@##
#@@§§**~~. IT'S HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, AND POSSESS .~~**§§@@#
###@§**~~. STRONG PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS. .~~**§@###
###@§**~~. .~~**§@###
@@@§§**~~. .~~**§§@@@
§*****~... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...~*****§
§******~~. ~ COLLECTION ~ .~~******§
##@§§**~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. THE HONEY MATERIALIZES IN VACCUUMS .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. WITHIN ANY LABYRINTHINE SPACE. THE MORE .~~**§§@##
###@§§*~~. FOLDED AND AMBIGUOUS, THE FASTER IT .~~*§§@###
§§§***~... EMERGES. THE CAVERNOUS SYSTEMS UNDER ...~***§§§
@§§§**~~.. THE DESERT OF KIRUGU SERVES THIS ..~~**§§§@
@§***~.... PURPOSE VERY WELL - THE LIZARDS USE ....~***§@
##@§§**~~. PUMPS TO EMPTY SMALL BOXES OR JARS OF .~~**§§@##
§§***~~... AIR, WHICH THEN ARE LEFT OVERNIGHT AND ...~~***§§
##@§§**~~. HARVESTED THE NEXT DAY. .~~**§§@##
§§*~...... ......~*§§
#@@§§**~~. MOST SPACES ARE SOMEWHAT MAZELIKE, AND .~~**§§@@#
@@@§§**~~. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR LIZARDS IN KIRUGU .~~**§§@@@
##@§§**~~. VESZELLE CITY TO KEEP A FEW JARS (OFTEN .~~**§§@##
§***~~.... HANGED FROM THE CEILING IN METAL CROWNS ....~~***§
###§§**~~. MADE FOR THIS PURPOSE). HOWEVER, THESE .~~**§§###
##@§§**~~. MAY TAKE WEEKS TO FILL. .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. .~~**§§@##
@§§***~~.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ..~~***§§@
§§*~...... ~ AS A DRUG ~ ......~*§§
##@§§**~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .~~**§§@##
@§***~.... ....~***§@
##@§§**~~. . ONE SPOON . .~~**§§@##
#@@§§**~~. ..... .~~**§§@@#
@@§*~~~... THE DRUG IS USED BY THE LIZARDS IN ...~~~*§@@
§§§*~~~~~. THESE SMALL (BUT OFTEN CONTINUOUS) .~~~~~*§§§
##@§§**~~. DOSES. THIS HEIGHTENS THE SENSES .~~**§§@##
#§**~~.... SOMEWHAT BUT AT THE COST OF A LESSENED ....~~**§#
##@§§**~~. ABILITY TO MULTI-TASK - CONTEXT .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. SWITCHING MIGHT TAKE LONGER AND BE MORE .~~**§§@##
§***~..... CONFUSING. .....~***§
§§§***~~~. .~~~***§§§
##@§§**~~. .~~**§§@##
@§§§***~~. . FOUR SPOONS . .~~***§§§@
@§§§*~.... ..... ....~*§§§@
###@§§*~~. MULTITASKING BECOMES VERY HARD (THE .~~*§§@###
##@§§**~~. THOUGHT DOES NOT OCCUR). SENSES MORE .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. ACUTE BUT "UNIMPORTANT" (IGNORED). .~~**§§@##
###@§**~~. INNER PERCEPTIONS TAKE THE UPPER HAND, .~~**§@###
##@§§**~~. ABSTRACTION AND MEMORY FACULTIES ARE .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. SHARPENED SEVERELY. SLIGHT TELEPATHY .~~**§§@##
§§**~~~... (MOSTLY MOODS) WITH OTHER HONEY EATERS. ...~~~**§§
##@§§**~~. SENSE OF THIRST DISSAPPEARS. STILL EASY .~~**§§@##
#§§§*~~... TO MOVE AROUND THE BODY (IF SO ...~~*§§§#
##@§§**~~. INCLINED). .~~**§§@##
#§**~..... .....~**§#
###@§**~~. .~~**§@###
##@§§**~~. . SEVEN SPOONS . .~~**§§@##
@§§***~~.. ..... ..~~***§§@
@§*~...... THE HONEY EATER BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE TO ......~*§@
#@@§§**~~. NORMAL STIMULI, BUT ABLE TO OVERRIDE .~~**§§@@#
#@§§***~~. THEIR OWN SENSES WITH DREAMLIKE .~~***§§@#
##@§§**~~. IMAGERY. SHARING OF THOUGHTS WITH OTHER .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. EATERS, MOOD READING OF THOSE WHO STAY .~~**§§@##
@§**~..... SOBER (WORTH NOTING THAT THE THOUGHTS .....~**§@
#§*~~..... ARE VERY FRAGMENTED AND HARD TO .....~~*§#
##@§§**~~. DECIPHER, UNLESS YOU ARE AT A SIMILAR .~~**§§@##
#@@§§**~~. LEVEL OF SPOONS). AT THIS POINT THE .~~**§§@@#
@§****~... BODY IS HARD TO MOVE, AND STARTS LOSING ...~****§@
#@§§*~.... WATER. ....~*§§@#
##@§§**~~. .~~**§§@##
#@@§§**~~. .~~**§§@@#
##@§§**~~. . NINE SPOONS AND ABOVE . .~~**§§@##
@§§**~~... ..... ...~~**§§@
§**~...... OVERDOSE. BODY LOSING WATER QUICKLY, ......~**§
#@§*~~.... AND IS COMPLETELY UNABLE TO MOVE. THERE ....~~*§@#
##@§§**~~. IS INTERMITTENT THOUGHT SHARING WITH .~~**§§@##
§**~...... SOBER PERSONS (ALTHOUGH ......~**§
##@§§**~~. UNINTELLIGIBLE). MEMEORIES ARE SHARDED .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. OR NOT FORMED. .~~**§§@##
#§§§***~~. .~~***§§§#
§§**~~.... ....~~**§§
§§§**~~~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~ .~~~~**§§§
##@§§**~~. ~ DANGERS ~ .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. ~~~~~~~~~~~ .~~**§§@##
@§**~..... .....~**§@
##@§§**~~. MOST DEATHS ARE DUE TO LOSS OF WATER - .~~**§§@##
§§§§***~~. THIRST IS ONE OF THE LAST SENSES TO .~~***§§§§
##@§§**~~. RESTABLE AFTER COMING DOWN, OFTEN GONE .~~**§§@##
@@§§**~~~. FOR UP TO TWENTY FOUR HOURS. AT HIGHER .~~~**§§@@
#@§§*~.... DOSES IT'S HARD TO MOVE, EVEN IF YOU ....~*§§@#
##@§§**~~. WOULD REMEMBER DRINKING (WHICH IS ALSO .~~**§§@##
###§§**~~. MADE HARDER BY THE ATTENTION FOCUSING .~~**§§###
##@§§**~~. PROPERTIES OF THE HONEY). .~~**§§@##
#@@§§**~~. .~~**§§@@#
#@@§§**~~. PEOPLE ARE KNOWN TO SUFFER INJURIES .~~**§§@@#
§§*~...... FROM BEING STILL IN UNFAVOURABLE ......~*§§
§§**~~.... CLIMATES FOR TOO LONG, SOMETIMES TO THE ....~~**§§
##@§§**~~. POINT OF DEATH. ANOTHER DANGER IS .~~**§§@##
###§§**~~. ACTUALLY LOCOMOTION OF THE BODY... .~~**§§###
#@§§**~... WALKING AROUND IS STILL SOMEWHAT ...~**§§@#
##@§§**~~. POSSIBLE AFTER LOSING SIGHT, WHICH HAVE .~~**§§@##
§**~~..... LEAD TO SEVEAL FALLS. ADDITIONALLY, .....~~**§
#@§§§**~~. ROBBERIES OF THE INTOXICATED ARE COMMON. .~~**§§§@#
#§§§§**~~. .~~**§§§§#
##@§§**~~. LASTLY, ALBEIT VERY RARE, IT'S POSSIBLE .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. TO DIE OF PURE OVERDOSE (ON THE SCALE .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. OF JARS OF HONEY) BEFORE BEING KILLED .~~**§§@##
@§**~..... BY THIRST. THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THIS .....~**§@
@@@§§**~~. LEAVES "GHOSTS", WHO WILL STILL SHARE .~~**§§@@@
@§§§*~.... THEIR THOUGHTS LONG AFTER THEIR BODIES ....~*§§§@
##@§§**~~. ARE DEAD AND GONE. .~~**§§@##
##@§§**~~. .~~**§§@##
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##@§§**~~. .~~**§§@##
§***~..... .....~***§
@§****~~~. .~~~****§@
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